Rano M. Shaiza

Rano Mese Shaiza (; 11 November 1928 – 1 April 2015) was an Indian politician and a member of the United Democratic Party. Shaiza was the only woman Member of India's Lower House from the state of Nagaland to date.

Early life and education Shaiza was born to an Angami Naga family in Phek Town, Nagaland. Her father, Sevilie Iralu, was a doctor by profession.

Political life Shaiza was a schoolteacher before she joined the Naga separatist movement.

Shaiza played an important role in taking the Naga peace accord forward. She brokered the meeting between her uncle Angami Zapu Phizo and the then Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai.

Personal life Shaiza married Lungshim Shaiza, with whom she had two daughters and three sons. Lungshim Shaiza was assassinated by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland on 27 January 1990.